VirginiaTourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
What it does
Tourism improvement districts; administering nonprofits; county manager plan; transient occupancy tax. Allows tourism entities, defined in the bill, to enter into written agreements for the provision of professional services to an administering nonprofit that is under contract with a locality to administer or implement activities specified in a tourism improvement district plan. Current law does not permit such public-private partnerships in tourism improvement districts.
More detail
The bill also requires a newly formed administering nonprofit's board of directors to be wholly composed of business owners and an existing administering nonprofit to create a committee of business owners to oversee the activities prescribed in the tourism improvement district plan. Finally, the bill permits any locality with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to impose an additional transient occupancy tax of up to one percent. This bill is identical to HB 524.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/11/2026 3:20 pm)
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Feb 27Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 27Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 27Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB314ER)Major
- Feb 27EnrolledMinor
- Feb 25Passed House (67-Y 30-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 25Read third timeMinor
- Feb 24Read second timeMinor
- Feb 20Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (16-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 17Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 4:12 pm)
- Feb 17Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and TownsMinor
- Feb 17Read first timeMinor
- Feb 17Placed on Calendar
- Feb 11Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded Reconsider R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reconsider R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate
- Feb 11Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 11Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate
- Feb 11Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 18-N 0-A)Major
- Feb 10Read second timeMinor
- Feb 10Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote)
- Feb 10Senator Ebbin Substitute agreed to
- Feb 10Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
- Feb 10Substitute #1 by Senator Ebbin withdrawnMajor
- Feb 10Floor offered Senator Ebbin Substitute
- Feb 10Floor substitute printed 26107689D-S2 (Ebbin)
- Feb 10Read second timeMinor
- Feb 9Passed by for the day
- Feb 6Passed by for the day
- Feb 5Passed by for the day
- Feb 5Read second timeMinor
- Feb 5Floor substitute printed 26107288D-S1 (Ebbin)
- Feb 5Floor offered Senator Ebbin Substitute
- Feb 4Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 4Rules suspended
- Feb 3Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Local Government. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/20/2026 12:09 pm)
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Local GovernmentMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103075DIntroduced